Notes:The best-known architect recruited to the efforts of creating a new India was one of the founders of modernism in architecture, the Swiss Le Corbusier. The showpiece of his genius is Chandigarh, built as the capital of Punjab and Haryana. Outside Chandigarh, Le Corbusier’s most influential structures include:

Sarabhai House, Ahamadabad

Millowner’s Association Building, Ahmedabad.

Interstate Bus Terminal, New Delhi

Permanent Exhibition Hall of Prāgati Maidan, New Delhi

2. Which among the following states produces rubber in large quantities?

Notes:Kerala accounts for more than 90 per cent of the total rubber production in the country. The total area under rubber cultivation in the state is 5.45 lakh hectares. Rest of the natural rubber is produced in Tamil Nadu and North East states.

Notes:The National Technology Day (NTD) is celebrated every year on May 11 by the Union Ministry of Science & Technology to mark the historic feat of test-firing its very first nuclear-capable missile back in 1998 and to commemorate achievements of Innovation and Technology in India.

Notes:In 1988, World Health Assembly of WHO had passed a resolution calling for the celebration of World No Tobacco Day, every year on May 31. Since then WHO has supported the observance of World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) every year

Notes:Plaster of Paris is calcium sulphate hemihydrate. The formula is given as, CaSO4.1/2 H2O or (2 CaSO4) . H2O. The powder is called plaster of Paris, because the gypsum which was used to get the powder was mainly found in Paris.